Article titled Pepperdine Fights Communism

Pepperdine
Fights -
Communism
./\ SERIES OF FILMS. . .s peeches by earnest, dedicated men
. . . American studies workshops
for teachers . . . Freedom Forums
. . . a nationwide radio show. These
are the powerful tools forged by
Pepperdine Coil e to parry the sweep of %e hammer and
Riots . . . mob violence in South
America over the visit of a United
States vice president . . . riots in
France, in Japan, Cuba, and else-where
. . . violent demonstrations
in San Francisco . . . the stark
drama of Hungary's bid for freed-om
which was suppressed by So-viet
tanks and planes and guns.
Against this chilling background
of young people driven by Red-incited
hate to acts of violence,
this new motion picture presents
the documentary case against
Communism through portrayal of
the system's own brutal tactics.
In contrast throughout the fast-paced
movie are the sincere and
sober words of concerned and patriotic
Americans-an actor, a col-lege
vice president, a soldier, a
university professor.
"Communist Accent on Youth"
is the name of this film, sponsored
by Pepperdine College as the first
of a series of Hollywood-produced
movies on the subject, "Crisis for
Americans." It already is rapidly
becoming a telling vehicle in the
College's overall program of ex-posing
the Communist system for
the lie it is and the threat it pre-sents
to the free world,
Volumes of newspaper clip-pings,
letters, and telephone calls
from citizens, groups, organiza-tions,
and the "man on the street"
from all over the nation testify
to the effectiveness of the film and
other facets of the school's citizen-ship
education program.
CELEBRITIES ENTHUSED
Harry Von Zell, radio television
and screen personality, who ap-pears
as narrator in "Communist
Accent on Youth," jumped at the
chance to become involved in the
CRISIS
WILLIAM J. TEAGUE, Vice President
project. "I've been waiting for 27
ears for someone to do something
like this," he said. Also appearing
in the film are William J. Teague,
Pepperdine's vice president and
a noted authority on Communist
strategy and techniques; MaS.
William E. Mayer, M.D., u.S.
Army, and Dr. Robert Strausz-
Hupe, director of the Foreign Pol-icy
Research Institute of the Uni-versity
of Pennsylvania. The film
is produced by Sid 0. Fields Pro-ductions
in Hollywood, with advis-ory
assistance from Doyle T.
Swain, director of business rela-tions
for the college and an ac-tive
opponent of Communism for
many years.
Actor John Wayne has endorsed
the pilot film and the series and
has written letters to many of his
personal friends about the coun-try
urging them to view "a pic-ture
which should be seen by
every American citizen." Resr n se to his letters has been grati ymg.
Here are some sample excerpts
from replies to John Wayne's let-ter
and to the college:
From a ministerÃ‘G4 share with
you, and many of the members of
this church do too, a deep concern
over the spread of the cancer of
communism over our country and
our society."
A newspaper chain official-
"We are having nothing but the
highest of praise in connection
with showings of this film. Once
again, Pepperdine has outdone it
FOR
self in exposing the strategy and
tactics of atheistic commmm."
A Missouri study group-"It is
a wonderful production and cer-tainly
an excellent tool that we
have needed in this fight."
State Department of Education
official-"The Department of Ed-ucation
previewed your film,
'Communist Accent on Youth,'
and the reaction was very favor-able.
We are keeping this print
and are submitting a purchase
requisition today. Congratulations
for doing a difficult job well."
Miami, Fla. junior college pres-identÃ‘
UW shall make every ef-fort
to preview this film at an
early date and also to bring it to
the attention of our students."
Santa Ana, Calif. doctorÃ‘UYo
may be interested to know that as
of Tuesday of this week my wife
had 80 youngsters of the senior
high school and college age groups
at our home viewing this picture.
This I feel, is the age group that
we should be concentrating on and
we are giving it everything we've
got down here in Or e County."
Indiana AmericanLegion obi-cerÃ‘
UYou American Committee
can do a big job of buying the
film 'Crisis for AmericansÃ‘Com
munist Accent on Youth.' If you
need financing put me down for
$40.'' (This letter was written to
a Legion group, and a copy sent
to Wayne.)
Church leader in Hillsboro, Ore.
-"This picture was shown on
Tuesday night by Pastor Neipo,
of the church at Ridgecrest, Calif.,
who is a dedicated anti-Commu-nist.
A group of our women will
raise the money for the film and
give it to someone doing this patri-otic
work."
A Compton, Calif. manufactur-erÃ‘
U am happy to report that
our company has ~urchased this
film for our library and that we
are exerting our best efforts to see
that it is shown as frequently and
to as many people as possible."
SPEAKER'S BUREAU
Along with the film, the college
has developed an extremely active
Speaker's Bureau which is reach-ing
thousands of persons weekly.
PEPPERDINE COLLEGE ALUMNI VOICE
I Â± AMERICANS
This effort, too, has been widely
publicized.
"Freedom must become impor-tant
to us if we are to survive,"
Pepperdine's dynamic vice presi-dent
is quoted widely in news-papers
from a recent address be-fore
an audience of 4000 in Long
Beach, Calif. "We must accept the
fact that danger exists. We must
accept our personal obligation in
the matter and not be content to
abdicate it to some other person
or group. We must exercise char-itv
so as to nrotect the innocent
but strength to root out the sub-versive."
A speech called "Education
Without Federal Aid" - another
probing study by a prominent
Pepperdiner of the danger to the
American way of l i f e h a s be-come
a model proclamation of
strong advocates of the country's
inherent free enterprise system.
Delivered by Dr. M. None]
Young, Pepperdine's soft-spoken
yet intensely purposeful young
president, during a Freedom For-um
in San Diego, the speech has
since been quoted in news stories
and editorial columns throughout
the nation and has been reprinted
in Vital S eches magazine, the
U.S. ChamG ?r of Commerce's Con-gressional
Action and read into
the Congressional Record.
In his talk, Dr. Young points
out that Pepperdine College had
rejected Federal loans for expan-sion
of dormitory construction and
chose to meet the needs of the
increased student body through
the issuance of bonds sold through
private channels. "It did so," he
explains, "because it is hoped to
encourage others to rely on their
own resources and initiative rath-er
than resort to the sometimes
easier but infinitely more poten-tially
hazardous route of Federal
subsidization. Only such action
directed toward the traditional
American cause of self -reliance
and independence can halt the
present trend toward the prolifer-ation
of Federal control and super-vision
and pass intact our free
institutions to succeeding genera-tions."
A small but hardy group
of colleges have already followed
PEPPERDINE COLLEGE ALUMNI VOICE
DOYLE 1. SWAIN, Director Business Relations
the lead of Pepperdine and o hers
will follow. Pepperdine officials
are convinced.
COLUMNISTS LAUD
FREEDOM FORUM
Pepperdine's annual California
Freedom Forums have been in-creasing
in attendance and par-ticipation
each year.
"If more universities and col-leges,"
wrote Los Angeles Herald-
Express Columnist George Todt
after attending the school's 1961
Freedom Forum, "became aware
of the dangers which threa'.en our
country from the socialist left. as
Pepperdine College has done,
there is much of value that thev
could contribute to the tremen-dously
important fight we are now
in."
Morrie Ryskind, a naAionally
syndicated newspaper columnist,
was at the same Freedom Forum.
He had this to say: What makes
it (Pepperdine) newsworthy is
that it is an oasis of non-conform-ity
in an academic desert of mono-lithic
liberalism. The faculty be-lieves
strongly in both the eternal
verities exemplified by the Ten
Commandments and the basic con-cepts
of individual freedom as pro-claimed
in the Declaration of In-dependence
and our Constitution."
Then, with tongue in cheek: "And
this same faculty-I do not make
this charge lightly-is clearly not
above inculcating its students with
this questionable dogma."
COE FELLOWSHIPS
"70 Teachers Study at Pepper-dine
Under Coe Foundation Pro-gram,"
reads the headline over a
newspaper story calling attention
to one of the academic efforts at
inculcating "this questionable dog-ma"
Ryskind mentioned.
This story goes on to tell of the
program, made possible thro
the will of the late William Ruog h-ertson
Coe, in which the 70 teach-ers
were at Pepperdine on fellow-ships
this past summer to study
American history and refresh their
minds on this republic's ideals
and principles. In se up the
fund, Mr. Coe specifi%at it be
used to support "a positive and
affirmative method of meeting the
threat of Communism, Socialism,
totalitarianism and other ideolo-gies
that threaten American free-dom."
Pepperdine was one of a
limited number of colleges selected
for the program, along with such
academic giants as Yale, Stanford
and Tulane Universities.
For the immediate future, Pep-perdine
is taking to the airwaves
to spread the citizenship educa-tion
program. Singer Pat Boone
brings his time and talents to this
nationwide radio effort which the
college will sponsor beginning this
fall. More than 400 broadcasting
stations have agreed to carry the
weekly show which will feature
top American business and politi-cal
leaders, along with the popular
Pat Boone.
All of the expressed interest in
what Pepperdine is doing to com-bat
the spread of worldwide Com-munism
brings a great deal of sat-isfaction
to the college leaders. But
they realize that the battle has
just begun. The opportunities to
enhance and widen even further
the effectiveness of this work is
limited only thou h resources
available to the Co "5 lege for its
continuation and expansion. They
realize that they need the help of
as many loyal Americans as they
can muster.
"Energizing free men," says Dr.
Young. L L to preserve their way of
life is the most critical of Ameri-ca's
problems. Meeting this chal-lenge
is the purpose of the Cali-fornia
Freedom Forums, the film
series and Pepperdine's other citi-zenship
education efforts."
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Pepperdine
Fights -
Communism
./\ SERIES OF FILMS. . .s peeches by earnest, dedicated men
. . . American studies workshops
for teachers . . . Freedom Forums
. . . a nationwide radio show. These
are the powerful tools forged by
Pepperdine Coil e to parry the sweep of %e hammer and
Riots . . . mob violence in South
America over the visit of a United
States vice president . . . riots in
France, in Japan, Cuba, and else-where
. . . violent demonstrations
in San Francisco . . . the stark
drama of Hungary's bid for freed-om
which was suppressed by So-viet
tanks and planes and guns.
Against this chilling background
of young people driven by Red-incited
hate to acts of violence,
this new motion picture presents
the documentary case against
Communism through portrayal of
the system's own brutal tactics.
In contrast throughout the fast-paced
movie are the sincere and
sober words of concerned and patriotic
Americans-an actor, a col-lege
vice president, a soldier, a
university professor.
"Communist Accent on Youth"
is the name of this film, sponsored
by Pepperdine College as the first
of a series of Hollywood-produced
movies on the subject, "Crisis for
Americans." It already is rapidly
becoming a telling vehicle in the
College's overall program of ex-posing
the Communist system for
the lie it is and the threat it pre-sents
to the free world,
Volumes of newspaper clip-pings,
letters, and telephone calls
from citizens, groups, organiza-tions,
and the "man on the street"
from all over the nation testify
to the effectiveness of the film and
other facets of the school's citizen-ship
education program.
CELEBRITIES ENTHUSED
Harry Von Zell, radio television
and screen personality, who ap-pears
as narrator in "Communist
Accent on Youth," jumped at the
chance to become involved in the
CRISIS
WILLIAM J. TEAGUE, Vice President
project. "I've been waiting for 27
ears for someone to do something
like this," he said. Also appearing
in the film are William J. Teague,
Pepperdine's vice president and
a noted authority on Communist
strategy and techniques; MaS.
William E. Mayer, M.D., u.S.
Army, and Dr. Robert Strausz-
Hupe, director of the Foreign Pol-icy
Research Institute of the Uni-versity
of Pennsylvania. The film
is produced by Sid 0. Fields Pro-ductions
in Hollywood, with advis-ory
assistance from Doyle T.
Swain, director of business rela-tions
for the college and an ac-tive
opponent of Communism for
many years.
Actor John Wayne has endorsed
the pilot film and the series and
has written letters to many of his
personal friends about the coun-try
urging them to view "a pic-ture
which should be seen by
every American citizen." Resr n se to his letters has been grati ymg.
Here are some sample excerpts
from replies to John Wayne's let-ter
and to the college:
From a ministerÃ‘G4 share with
you, and many of the members of
this church do too, a deep concern
over the spread of the cancer of
communism over our country and
our society."
A newspaper chain official-
"We are having nothing but the
highest of praise in connection
with showings of this film. Once
again, Pepperdine has outdone it
FOR
self in exposing the strategy and
tactics of atheistic commmm."
A Missouri study group-"It is
a wonderful production and cer-tainly
an excellent tool that we
have needed in this fight."
State Department of Education
official-"The Department of Ed-ucation
previewed your film,
'Communist Accent on Youth,'
and the reaction was very favor-able.
We are keeping this print
and are submitting a purchase
requisition today. Congratulations
for doing a difficult job well."
Miami, Fla. junior college pres-identÃ‘
UW shall make every ef-fort
to preview this film at an
early date and also to bring it to
the attention of our students."
Santa Ana, Calif. doctorÃ‘UYo
may be interested to know that as
of Tuesday of this week my wife
had 80 youngsters of the senior
high school and college age groups
at our home viewing this picture.
This I feel, is the age group that
we should be concentrating on and
we are giving it everything we've
got down here in Or e County."
Indiana AmericanLegion obi-cerÃ‘
UYou American Committee
can do a big job of buying the
film 'Crisis for AmericansÃ‘Com
munist Accent on Youth.' If you
need financing put me down for
$40.'' (This letter was written to
a Legion group, and a copy sent
to Wayne.)
Church leader in Hillsboro, Ore.
-"This picture was shown on
Tuesday night by Pastor Neipo,
of the church at Ridgecrest, Calif.,
who is a dedicated anti-Commu-nist.
A group of our women will
raise the money for the film and
give it to someone doing this patri-otic
work."
A Compton, Calif. manufactur-erÃ‘
U am happy to report that
our company has ~urchased this
film for our library and that we
are exerting our best efforts to see
that it is shown as frequently and
to as many people as possible."
SPEAKER'S BUREAU
Along with the film, the college
has developed an extremely active
Speaker's Bureau which is reach-ing
thousands of persons weekly.
PEPPERDINE COLLEGE ALUMNI VOICE
I Â± AMERICANS
This effort, too, has been widely
publicized.
"Freedom must become impor-tant
to us if we are to survive,"
Pepperdine's dynamic vice presi-dent
is quoted widely in news-papers
from a recent address be-fore
an audience of 4000 in Long
Beach, Calif. "We must accept the
fact that danger exists. We must
accept our personal obligation in
the matter and not be content to
abdicate it to some other person
or group. We must exercise char-itv
so as to nrotect the innocent
but strength to root out the sub-versive."
A speech called "Education
Without Federal Aid" - another
probing study by a prominent
Pepperdiner of the danger to the
American way of l i f e h a s be-come
a model proclamation of
strong advocates of the country's
inherent free enterprise system.
Delivered by Dr. M. None]
Young, Pepperdine's soft-spoken
yet intensely purposeful young
president, during a Freedom For-um
in San Diego, the speech has
since been quoted in news stories
and editorial columns throughout
the nation and has been reprinted
in Vital S eches magazine, the
U.S. ChamG ?r of Commerce's Con-gressional
Action and read into
the Congressional Record.
In his talk, Dr. Young points
out that Pepperdine College had
rejected Federal loans for expan-sion
of dormitory construction and
chose to meet the needs of the
increased student body through
the issuance of bonds sold through
private channels. "It did so," he
explains, "because it is hoped to
encourage others to rely on their
own resources and initiative rath-er
than resort to the sometimes
easier but infinitely more poten-tially
hazardous route of Federal
subsidization. Only such action
directed toward the traditional
American cause of self -reliance
and independence can halt the
present trend toward the prolifer-ation
of Federal control and super-vision
and pass intact our free
institutions to succeeding genera-tions."
A small but hardy group
of colleges have already followed
PEPPERDINE COLLEGE ALUMNI VOICE
DOYLE 1. SWAIN, Director Business Relations
the lead of Pepperdine and o hers
will follow. Pepperdine officials
are convinced.
COLUMNISTS LAUD
FREEDOM FORUM
Pepperdine's annual California
Freedom Forums have been in-creasing
in attendance and par-ticipation
each year.
"If more universities and col-leges,"
wrote Los Angeles Herald-
Express Columnist George Todt
after attending the school's 1961
Freedom Forum, "became aware
of the dangers which threa'.en our
country from the socialist left. as
Pepperdine College has done,
there is much of value that thev
could contribute to the tremen-dously
important fight we are now
in."
Morrie Ryskind, a naAionally
syndicated newspaper columnist,
was at the same Freedom Forum.
He had this to say: What makes
it (Pepperdine) newsworthy is
that it is an oasis of non-conform-ity
in an academic desert of mono-lithic
liberalism. The faculty be-lieves
strongly in both the eternal
verities exemplified by the Ten
Commandments and the basic con-cepts
of individual freedom as pro-claimed
in the Declaration of In-dependence
and our Constitution."
Then, with tongue in cheek: "And
this same faculty-I do not make
this charge lightly-is clearly not
above inculcating its students with
this questionable dogma."
COE FELLOWSHIPS
"70 Teachers Study at Pepper-dine
Under Coe Foundation Pro-gram,"
reads the headline over a
newspaper story calling attention
to one of the academic efforts at
inculcating "this questionable dog-ma"
Ryskind mentioned.
This story goes on to tell of the
program, made possible thro
the will of the late William Ruog h-ertson
Coe, in which the 70 teach-ers
were at Pepperdine on fellow-ships
this past summer to study
American history and refresh their
minds on this republic's ideals
and principles. In se up the
fund, Mr. Coe specifi%at it be
used to support "a positive and
affirmative method of meeting the
threat of Communism, Socialism,
totalitarianism and other ideolo-gies
that threaten American free-dom."
Pepperdine was one of a
limited number of colleges selected
for the program, along with such
academic giants as Yale, Stanford
and Tulane Universities.
For the immediate future, Pep-perdine
is taking to the airwaves
to spread the citizenship educa-tion
program. Singer Pat Boone
brings his time and talents to this
nationwide radio effort which the
college will sponsor beginning this
fall. More than 400 broadcasting
stations have agreed to carry the
weekly show which will feature
top American business and politi-cal
leaders, along with the popular
Pat Boone.
All of the expressed interest in
what Pepperdine is doing to com-bat
the spread of worldwide Com-munism
brings a great deal of sat-isfaction
to the college leaders. But
they realize that the battle has
just begun. The opportunities to
enhance and widen even further
the effectiveness of this work is
limited only thou h resources
available to the Co "5 lege for its
continuation and expansion. They
realize that they need the help of
as many loyal Americans as they
can muster.
"Energizing free men," says Dr.
Young. L L to preserve their way of
life is the most critical of Ameri-ca's
problems. Meeting this chal-lenge
is the purpose of the Cali-fornia
Freedom Forums, the film
series and Pepperdine's other citi-zenship
education efforts."
15